Pentax K-5 has the new SLR sensor to beat Pentax K-5 has the new SLR sensor to beat
The Pentax K-5's Sony-built sensor looks down upon most rivals, past and present. Its rating is shown by the bracketed triangle in the upper right of the DxO Labs graph.(Credit: DxO Labs) Pentax has leaped to a commanding lead over many rivals when it comes to image sensor performance with its latest high-end SLR, the K-5.
The Pentax K-5 scored 82 on a new update of the DxOMark tests, which rate various performance attributes of a camera's image sensor.
That is a notable sixth-place ranking of all the cameras on DxO...
